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SPECIES
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STATUS
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NOTES
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| Silver-crowned
Friarbird |
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Often
feeds in company of Little Friarbird, lorikeets and honeyeaters.
Distinctive call and facial profile. Nomadic. |
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Blue-faced Honeyeater |
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Large,
active and noisy. White window in wing in flight. |
| Yellow-throated Miner |
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Noisy
squeaky call, hence ‘noisy miner’ name. Cheeky, generally
in flocks. Open Woodland. |
| White-throated Honeyeater |
|
A docile
little honeyeater of riverine vegetation, fringing and open
forest. |
| Black-chinned Honeyeater |
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Separated
from previous species in size, golden back, rich call. Open
woodland. More prevalent southern Katherine region. |
| White-gaped Honeyeater |
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A drab but very active
and vocal honeyeater found in all habitats. |
| White-lined Honeyeater. |
|
Rare in Katherine
Gorge National Park. Occasionally on escarpment at Gunlom. Reliable
at Nourlangie Rock in Kakadu National Park. |
| Singing Honeyeater |
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Larger than most honeyeaters.
More colour than White-gaped. |
| Yellow-tinted Honeyeater |
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Active and aggressive
for it’s size. Woodland and urban areas but tends to avoid
dense vegetation. |
| Bar-breasted Honeyeater |
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Favours waters bordered
by paperbark trees, more common on eastern escarpments where
it frequents paperbark swamps. |
| Rufous-throated Honeyeater |
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Mixes freely with
other honeyeaters. Attracted to prolific flowering eucalyptus. |
| Dusky Honeyeater |
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Attracted to flowering
eucalypts and other native flora. |
| Banded Honeyeater |
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Flighty. Pied colouring
distinguishes it from other honeyeaters. |
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Brown Honeyeater |
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Loud melodious call.
Active, most habitats and urban gardens. |
| Mistletoebird |
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Active and vocal for
its size. Most habitats. |
| Yellow Chat |
 |
Incidental sightings
at a few locations. Difficult. |
| Striated Pardalote |
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Small, discreet bird,
‘tweet, tweet tweet tweet-tweet’ call. |
| Star Finch |
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Rare
in Katherine, more common in Victoria River district. |
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Double-barred
Finch |
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Common
to all habitats. Distinctive. |
| Zebra Finch |
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Adapted to urban areas,
can be observed in Katherine CBD. |
| Crimson Finch |
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Favours vegetation
along rivers and streams. Also urban. |
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Gouldian
finch |
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Predictable
dry season sites exist. |
| Masked Finch |
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Open forest and woodland,
often feeds on roadside. |
| Long-tailed Finch |
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Mixes freely with
other finch species, including Masked Finch. |
| Yellow-rumped Mannikin |
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Open grassland. Mixes
with the more numerous Chestnut-breasted Mannikin. |
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